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. 2005 Feb 28;360(1454):315–338. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1586

Table 1.

Overview of demersal marine fish data (ordered taxonomically) used in analysis and their population trends over time. (Regions: NEA, Northeast Atlantic; NWA, Northwest Atlantic; NMA, North mid-Atlantic; NEP, Northeast Pacific. Abundance metrics: SSB (model-based estimates of spawning stock biomass), BTOT (model-based estimates of total population biomass), NSSB (model-based estimates of the abundance of spawning individuals), CPUETOT (catch-per-unit-effort of all individuals in a fisheries-independent survey), CPUESSB (catch-per-unit-effort of the breeding population in a fisheries-independent survey). Change in abundance: D, decreased; I, increased; S, stable; ?, status unknown. Life-history data review: Amat (age at maturity), Lmat (length at maturity), growth (length-at-age or weight-at-age from fishery or population assessment data), age-structure (numbers-at-age from research survey or population assessment data): (1, time-series of data available; 0, otherwise).)

names—family common (latin binomial) region population abundance metric years pre-1992 slopea post-1992 slopea change in abundanceb Amat Lmat growth age-structure citationc
Rajidae
barndoor skate (Dipturus laevis) NWA E Scotian Shelf CPUETOT 1958–2001 −0.020 0.000 D 0 0 0 0 1
W Scotian Shelf CPUETOT 1962–2003 −0.010 0.011 D 0 0 0 0 1
NMA Georges Bank BTOT 1986–2001 −0.160 0.289 I 0 0 0 0 1
thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) NWA Grand Banks SSB 1980–2002 −0.043 0.054 D 0 0 0 0 2
West Greenland CPUETOT 1982–2002 −0.112 −0.051 D 0 0 0 0 3
Macrouridae
roughhead grenadier (Macrourus berlgax) NWA Labrador, Newfoundland, Grand Banks BTOT 1978–1995 −0.100 0.015d ? 0 0 0 0 4
roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupsestris) NEA Subareas IV, VI, VII BTOT 1996–2003 — −0.154 D 0 0 1 0 5
Phycidae
white hake (Urophycis tenuis) NWA Grand Banks BTOT 1972–2001 0.020 0.258d ? 0 0 0 0 6
S Gulf of St Lawrence (4T) BTOT 1971–2000 0.023 0.014 D 0 0 1 1 7
Scotian Shelf (4VWX/5) NSSB 1970–2001 0.019 −0.071 D 0 0 0 1 8
NMA Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine CPUETOT 1963–2001 0.016 −0.078 S 0 0 0 0 9
Merlucciidae
hake (Merluccius merluccius) NEA northern stock SSB 1978–2003 −0.047 0.008 D 0 0 1 1 5
southern stock SSB 1982–2003 −0.099 −0.031 D 0 0 1 1 5
Pacific hake (M. productus) NEP Canada & US SSB 1988–1998 −0.104 −0.109 D 0 0 1 1 10
silver hake (M. bilinearis) NWA Scotian Shelf CPUETOT 1970–2003 0.007 −0.049 D 1 1 1 1 11
Gadidae
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) NEA Baltic (22–24) SSB 1970–2004 −0.049 −0.003 D 1 0 1 1 12
Baltic (25–32) SSB 1966–2003 0.010 −0.044 D 1 0 1 1 5, 12
Celtic Sea (Div. VIIe–k) SSB 1971–2003 0.035 −0.034 I 0 0 1 1 5
Faroe Bank CPUETOT 1983–2003 −0.204 0.285 I 0 0 0 0 12
Faroe Plateau SSB 1961–2004 −0.013 0.022 S 1 0 1 1 12
Iceland SSB 1955–2004 −0.048 0.024 D 1 0 1 1 12
Irish Sea SSB 1968–2003 −0.019 −0.070 D 1 0 1 1 5
Kattegat SSB 1971–2004 −0.061 −0.200 D 1 0 1 1 12
NE Arctic SSB 1946–2004 −0.020 −0.028 D 1 1 1 1 12, 13
North Sea SSB 1963–2003 −0.037 −0.057 D 0 0 1 1 5
Norway coast SSB 1984–2001 0.000 −0.145 D 1 0 0 1 12
West of Scotland SSB 1978–2003 −0.061 −0.186 D 0 0 1 1 5
NWA Cabot Strait (4Vn) SSB 1981–2000 −0.135 −0.027 D 0 0 1 1 14
E Scotian Shelf (4VsW) SSB 1970–2002 0.023 −0.140 D 1 1 1 1 15
E Georges Bank SSB 1978–2003 −0.021 −0.013 D 0 0 1 1 16
Flemish Cap (3M) SSB 1988–2002 0.068 −0.300 D 1 0 1 1 17, 18
Greenland offshore NSSB 1982–2003 −0.134 0.268 D 0 0 1 1 12
N Gulf of St Lawrence (3Pn4RS) SSB 1974–2003 −0.064 0.030 D 1 0 1 1 19
Northern cod (2J3KL) SSB 1962–2002 −0.081 −0.099 D 1 1 1 1 14, 20
S Grand Banks (3NO) SSB 1959–2003 −0.061 −0.101 D 1 0 1 1 21
S Gulf of St Lawrence (4T) SSB 1950–2003 0.004 −0.027 D 0 0 1 1 22
St Pierre Bank (3Ps) SSB 1959–2001 −0.018 0.007 D 1 0 1 1 23
W Scotian Shelf (4X) SSB 1970–2002 −0.014 −0.055 D 0 0 1 1 24
NMA Georges Bank SSB 1978–2001 −0.041 −0.010 D 1 1 1 1 9, 25, 26
Gulf of Maine SSB 1982–2001 −0.003 0.032 D 1 1 1 1 9, 25, 26
blue ling (Molva dypterygia) NEA Iceland CPUETOT 1985–2003 0.002 −0.059 D 0 0 0 0 12
cusk/torsk (Brosme brosme) NEA Iceland CPUESSB 1986–2003 −0.062 −0.043 D 0 0 0 0 12
NWA Scotia–Fundy CPUETOT 1970–2001 −0.035 −0.001 D 0 0 0 0 27, 28
haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) NEA Faroe SSB 1961–2003 0.001 0.132 I 1 0 1 1 5, 12
Iceland SSB 1979–2004 −0.037 0.047 D 1 0 1 1 12
NE Arctic SSB 1950–2004 −0.021 −0.008 D 1 0 1 1 5, 12
North Sea & Skagarrek SSB 1963–2003 −0.050 0.064 D 0 0 1 1 5
West of Scotland SSB 1978–2003 −0.049 −0.001 S 0 0 1 1 5
NWA S Gulf & E Scotian Shelf (4TVW) SSB 1970–2000 0.026 0.108 D 1 1 1 1 29, 30
W Scotian Shelf & Gulf of Maine SSB 1970–2003 −0.022 0.073 D 0 0 1 1 31
E Georges Bank (5Zc) SSB 1969–2003 −0.001 0.167 D 0 0 1 1 32
NMA Georges Bank SSB 1963–2001 −0.067 0.210 D 0 0 1 1 9
Gulf of Maine CPUETOT 1963–2001 −0.135 0.520 D 0 0 0 0 9
ling (Molva molva) NEA Iceland CPUETOT 1985–2003 −0.067 −0.023 D 0 0 1 1 12
Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) NEP W coast Vancouver Island BTOT 1988–2002 −0.375 −0.083 D 0 0 0 0 33
Hecate Strait BTOT 1956–2001 0.007 −0.123 D 0 0 0 0 34
pollock/saithe (Pollachias virens) NEA Faroe SSB 1961–2004 −0.016 0.057 I 1 0 1 1 12
Iceland SSB 1962–2004 −0.007 −0.026 I 1 0 1 1 12
NE Arctic SSB 1960–2004 −0.056 0.117 I 0 0 1 1 12
North Sea (IV), VI, IIIa SSB 1967–2002 −0.052 0.097 D 0 0 1 1 5
NWA E Georges Bank & Scotian shelf SSB 1982–1999 −0.042 0.041 D 0 0 1 1 35
NMA Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine SSB 1963–2001 −0.038 0.119 I 0 0 0 0 9
whiting (Merlangius merlangus) NEA Celtic Sea SSB 1982–2003 0.058 −0.016 I 0 0 1 1 5
Irish Sea SSB 1980–2002 −0.08 −0.262 D 0 0 1 1 5
North Sea (IV) & VIId SSB 1980–2002 −0.046 −0.031 D 0 0 1 1 5
West of Scotland SSB 1978–2003 −0.070 −0.096 D 0 0 1 1 5
Lophiidae
anglerfish/monkfish (Lophius americanus) NWA E Georges Bank & Scotian shelf CPUETOT 1970–2000 −0.061 0.055 D 0 0 0 0 36
W Grand Banks BTOT 1977–2000 0.064 0.117d ? 0 0 0 0 37, 38
anglerfish (L. budegassa) NEA Divisions VIIb–k, VIIIa,b SSB 1986–2003 −0.035 −0.002 D 0 0 1 1 5
anglerfish (L. piscatorius) NEA Divisions VIIb–k, VIIIa,b SSB 1986–2003 −0.080 0.004 D 0 0 1 1 5
Scorpaenidae
Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) NMA Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine CPUETOT 1963–2001 −0.066 0.177 S 0 0 0 0 9
bocaccio (S. paucispinis) NEP BC CPUETOT 1980–2001 −0.081 −0.146 D 0 0 0 0 39
redfish (S. marinus) NEA East Greenland CPUETOT 1985–2003 −0.292 0.252 D 0 0 0 0 12
Iceland CPUESSB 1985–2003 −0.082 0.052 D 0 0 0 0 12
Subareas I, II CPUESSB 1992–2003 – −0.131 D 0 0 0 1 12
redfish (S. mentella, S. fasciatus) NWA Gulf of St Lawrence CPUETOT 1992–2000 – −0.169 D 0 0 0 0 40
Flemish Cap CPUESSB 1979–2002 −0.120 −0.032 D 1 1 1 1 41
SW Grand Banks CPUETOT 1992–2000 – 0.067 S 0 0 0 0 42, 43
redfish (S. mentella, S. marinus) NWA W Greenland inshore CPUESSB 1982–2002 −0.327 −0.053 D 0 0 0 0 44
redfish (S. mentella, S. fasciatus, S. marinus) NWA Labrador & E Newfoundland CPUETOT 1978–2000 −0.208 0.055 D 0 0 0 0 45
Anoplopomatidae
sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) NEP British Columbia CPUETOT 1992–2003 — −0.144 D 0 0 0 0 46
Zoarcidae
ocean pout (Zoarces americanus) Anarhichadidae NMA Cape Cod-Delaware CPUETOT 1968–2002 0.006 −0.008 D 0 0 0 0 9
northern wolffish (Anarhichus denticulatus) NWA Labrador, Newfoundland, Grand Banks CPUETOT 1981–2001 −0.209 0.001 D 0 0 0 0 47
spotted wolffish (A. minor) NWA Labrador, Newfoundland, Grand Banks CPUETOT 1981–2001 −0.207 0.146 D 0 0 0 0 47
W Greenland CPUESSB 1982–2002 −0.224 0.150 D 0 0 0 0 3
striped wolffish (A. lupus) NWA Labrador, Newfoundland, Grand Banks CPUETOT 1977–2001 −0.190 0.152 D 0 0 0 0 47
W Greenland CPUESSB 1982–2002 −0.211 0.022 D 0 0 0 0 3
Ammodytidae
sandeel (Ammodytes spp.) NEA North Sea SSB 1983–2003 −0.097 −0.044 D 0 0 1 1 5
Scophthalmidae
megrim (Lepidorhombus boscii) NEA Spain & Portugal (VIIIc, IXa) SSB 1986–2003 −0.003 0.013 D 0 0 1 1 5
megrim (L. whiffagonis) NEA Divisions VII, VIIIa,b,d SSB 1984–2003 −0.055 0.023 D 0 0 1 1 5
Spain & Portugal (VIIIc, IXa) SSB 1986–2003 −0.046 0.012 D 0 0 1 1 5
windowpane (Scophthalmus aquosus) NMA Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine CPUETOT 1963–2001 0.033 0.094 I 0 0 0 0 9
S New England & mid-Atlantic Bight CPUETOT 1963–2001 −0.043 0.082 D 0 0 0 0 9
Paralichthyidae (Paralichthys dentatus) NMA U.S. SSB 1982–2002 −0.126 0.157 I 0 0 1 1 60
Pleuronectidae
American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) NWA W Greenland SSB 1983–2002 −0.295 −0.073 D 0 0 0 0 3
Labrador & Newfoundland (2J3K) SSB 1979–2003 −0.085 −0.048 D 1 1 0 1 48
Grand Banks (3LNO) CPUESSB 1984–2002 −0.189 −0.017 D 1 1 1 1 49
Flemish Cap (3M) CPUETOT 1988–2002 −0.156 0.000 D 0 0 1 1 50
St Pierre Bank (3Ps) CPUESSB 1983–2002 −0.175 0.065 D 1 1 1 1 51
S Gulf of St Lawrence CPUESSB 1967–1999 −0.06 0.043 D 0 0 1 1 52
Scotian Shelf (4VW) BTOT 1970–2000 −0.025 0.000 D 0 1 1 0 53
NMA Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine SSB 1980–2000 −0.138 0.025 D 1 0 1 1 9
flounder (Platichthyes flesus) NEA Baltic (24&25) SSB 1978–2003 −0.024 −0.016 S 1 0 1 1 12
Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hipploglossoides) NEA Iceland CPUESSB 1996–2003 — 0.079 S 0 0 0 0 5
NE Arctic SSB 1964–2004 −0.058 0.054 D 1 0 1 1 12
NWA Gulf of St Lawrence CPUETOT 1992–2002 — 0.046 I 1 0 0 0 54
Labrador, Newfoundland, Grand Banks (2J3KL) CPUETOT 1978–2002 −0.003 0.021 D 0 0 0 1 55, 56
W Greenland SSB 1987–2002 0.104 0.003 I 0 0 1 1 57,58
plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) NEA Celtic Sea SSB 1977–2003 0.070 −0.053 I 0 0 1 1 5
Eastern Channel SSB 1980–2003 0.058 −0.007 S 0 0 1 1 5
Irish Sea SSB 1964–2003 −0.018 −0.010 D 0 0 1 1 5
Kattegat & Skaggerak SSB 1978–2003 −0.021 0.033 S 0 0 1 1 5
North Sea SSB 1957–2003 −0.002 −0.039 D 1 1 1 1 5, 59
Western Channel SSB 1976–2003 0.063 −0.019 I 0 0 1 1 5
winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) NWA S Gulf of St. Lawrence CPUETOT 1972–2001 0.003 −0.001 I 0 0 1 0 61
NMA Georges Bank BTOT 1964–2001 −0.039 0.174 S 0 0 0 0 9
S New England & mid-Atlantic Bight SSB 1981–2001 −0.129 0.090 D 0 0 0 1 9
witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus) NWA Labrador & Newfoundland BTOT 1984–2002 −0.241 −0.004 D 0 0 0 0 62
S Grand Banks CPUETOT 1984–2002 −0.119 0.026 D 0 0 0 0 63
St. Pierre Bank BTOT 1983–2001 0.035 0.029 D 0 0 1 1 64
Gulf of St. Lawrence CPUETOT 1987–2000 −0.183 0.097 D 0 0 0 1 65
NMA Gulf of Maine & Georges Bank SSB 1982–2001 −0.125 0.000 D 0 0 1 1 9
yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) NWA E Scotian Shelf (4VW) BTOT 1986–2000 −0.273 0.090 D 0 0 0 0 53
Grand Banks (3LNO) CPUETOT 1984–2002 −0.120 0.179 S 1 1 0 1 66, 67
S Gulf of St. Lawrence CPUETOT 1971–2001 0.038 −0.001 I 0 0 0 0 68
NMA Georges Bank SSB 1973–2003 −0.104 0.200 I 0 0 1 1 69
Gulf of Maine & Cape Cod SSB 1985–2001 0.225 0.008 I 0 0 1 1 70
S New England & mid-Atlantic Bight SSB 1973–2001 −0.035 0.101 D 0 0 1 1 9, 71
Soleidae
sole (Solea solea) NEA Bay of Biscay SSB 1984–2003 −0.002 −0.053 D 0 0 1 1 5
Celtic Sea SSB 1971–2003 −0.037 0.026 D 0 0 1 1 5
Eastern Channel SSB 1982–2003 0.013 −0.017 I 0 0 1 1 5
Irish Sea SSB 1970–2003 −0.009 0.002 D 0 0 1 1 5
North Sea SSB 1957–2003 −0.016 −0.076 D 0 0 1 1 5
Skaggerak & Kattegak SSB 1984–2004 0.180 −0.126 I 0 0 1 1 12
Western Channel SSB 1969–2003 0.010 −0.027 D 0 0 1 1 5
a

Trends in abundance are represented by the slopes of linear regressions of ln(abundance) plotted against time, in years.

b

Change in abundance is a comparison of the mean of the earliest 5 years and the mean of the most recent 5 years in each time-series.

c

(1) Simon et al. 2002, (2) Kulka & Miri 2003a,b, (3) Siegstad et al. 2003a, (4) Murua 2003, (5) ICES 2003, (6) Kulka & Simpson 2002, (7) Hurlbut & Poirier 2001, (8) Bundy et al. 2001, (9) NFSC 2002, (10) Dorn et al. 1999, (11) Showell et al. 2003, (12) ICES 2004, (13) Heino et al. 2002, (14) Mohn et al. 2001, (15) Fanning et al. 2003, (16) Hunt et al. 2003, (17) Vázquez & Cerviño 2002, (18) Cerviño & Vázquez 2003, (19) Fréchet et al. 2003, (20) Lilly et al. 2003, (21) Healey et al. 2003, (22) Chouinard et al. 2003, (23) Brattey et al. 2003, (24) Clark & Hinze 2003, (25) O'Brien 1999, (26) Barot et al. 2004, (27) COSEWIC 2003, (28) Harris et al. 2002, (29) Frank et al. 2001, (30) Mohn & Simon 2002, (31) Hurley et al. 2003, (32) Van Eeckhaute et al. 2003, (33) Starr et al. 2002, (34) Sinclair et al. 2001, (35) Neilson et al. 1999, (36) Beanlands et al. 2000, (37) Kulka & Miri 2001, (38) Kulka & Miri 2003b, (39) Stanley et al. 2004, (40) Morin et al. 2001a, (41) Ávila de Melo et al. 2003, (42) Power 2003a, (43) Power 2003b, (44) Siegstad et al. 2003b, (45) Power 2001, (46) Kronlund et al. 2003, (47) Simpson & Kulka 2002, (48) Dwyer et al. 2003, (49) Morgan et al. 2003, (50) Alpoim 2003, (51) Morgan et al. 2002, (52) Morin et al. 2001b, (53) Fowler & Stobo 2000, (54) Morin & Bernier 2003, (55) Dwyer & Bowering 2003, (56) Darby et al. 2003, (57) Jørgensen 2003, (58) Darby 2003, (59) Grift et al. 2003, (60) Terceiro 2003, (61) Morin et al. 2002, (62) Parsons & Bowering 2003a, (63) Parsons & Bowering 2003b, (64) Bowering & Power 2002, (65) Swain & Poirier 2001, (66) Brodie et al. 2003, (67) Walsh & Morgan 1999, (68) Poirier & Morin 2002, (69) Stone & Legault 2003, (70) Cadrin & King 2003, (71) Cadrin 2003.

d

Research survey gear changed in this area in 1995, such that for stocks where comparisons of catchability between the gear were not done, time-series prior to and after the change are not comparable. As such, post-1992 slopes for these populations are the slope from 1995 onwards, and total change in abundance is undetermined.